Improvement in fountain-sprinklers



UNITED STATES PATENT CFFIGE.

GEPHAS A. BUTTLES, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCOFSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOU NTAIN-SPRINKLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,903, dated January19, 1875; application filed y August 1, 18,74.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OEPHAS A. BUTTLEs, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvementsin 4Fountain Sprinklers, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to sprinkle grass-plats and other placesWhere sprinkling is needed; and is a stand with revolving arms, withholes perforated in their sides, through which the water spurts out instreams, and upright arms revolving, also with perforations, throughwhich the water spurts, with a perforated head, through which the Wateris thrown out in streams, and a valve which closes the orifice to thehead through which the water flows whenever it is necessary.

Figure l is a perspective view ot' the fountain, Fig. 2, a sectionalview ot' same; Fig. a view of the valve.

A is the base of the fountain 5 B, the opening on which to screw a pipeto convey water into the fountain; C, the center pipe, through which thewater is conveyed to the revolving arms; D, perforated arms in therevolving hub, which can be turned in the hub so as to bring theperforations upor down, so as to give more or less motion to the arms.These arms are made curving, so that the streams of Water passing out through the perforations may cross each other and-make a gracefulappearance; E, opening in the pipe C inside of the revolving hub,through which the water flows, and lling the hub; F, revolving hub; G,arms coming out of the top of the revolving hub, with perforations inthe top sides and ends for the water to liow through; N, head of thehub, with perforations in its sides and top; H, perforations round thetop of the revolving head, I, perforations in the top of the head, K,valve, which closes the valveopening whenever it is necessary to stopthe water from owing through the head; L, valve-seat; M, perforations inthe top of hub F for the Water to stream through.

This fountain is operated as follows: Attach a pipe to opening B and thewater will How through it into the pipe C, and passing up and througharms D and G and perforations I, H, and M and, as the water passes ontthrough the perforations in arm D, it will revolve them, and the water,by the bend in the arms, will cross in streams, making a tineappearance; and the water passing out through the perforations in thetop of the hub, and the arms G and head of the hub, will form a canopyabove the fountain of a very line appearance; and Whenever it isnecessary to prevent the Water from flowing through lthe head, put inthe valve K by unserewing the head, and screwing it down again, it willrest on the valve and stop the now of waterinto the head, and it willllow out through the arms only.

I claim as my invention- A revolving fountain with arms I) and G, andhub F, and valve K, substantially as specified.

CEPHAS A. BUTTLES. Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, E. J. SMITH.

